"Brando?"
Hearing that somewhat familiar voice, a few notes deeper than usual, Danitz froze for a moment.
"Who else would it be?" Lorne took off his glasses and gave a helpless smile.
"Shit!" Danitz's eyes widened. He entered the room and circled Lorne twice, as though examining some rare animal. "You actually... used that Disguise charm?!"
"No, wait!" He quickly leaned closer to inspect him. Lorne's facial contours hadn't changed much; his eyebrows had merely been trimmed into a sharper shape, and he seemed to be wearing a little light makeup.
"Your hair... it's turned black!"
Only then did he realize why he hadn't recognized him at first: Lorne's entire style had changed too drastically. He had gone from a somewhat laid-back adventurer to a cold, ruthless-looking character, and Danitz hadn't adjusted to it.
Lorne was quite pleased by Danitz's fuss.
Of course he hadn't used that extremely risky Disguise charm. Even setting aside the risks, he was still nowhere near the end of his rope.
This time, he had simply cut and dyed his own hair. Thanks to Emperor Roselle, this world's cosmetics, beauty, and hair-dye industries were quite well developed.
That had allowed him to buy a suitable hair dye in Bayam.
Then he had dyed his hair black, trimmed his eyebrows, and put on a hat and glasses.
Originally, he had wanted to switch to sunglasses and try a Terminator look. But he wasn't burly enough, and sunglasses would have been a little too conspicuous, so he had settled for ordinary glasses instead.
Unfortunately, colored contacts didn't exist in this era, or he would definitely have worn a pair.
Still, even these simple changes to his appearance had completely transformed his air.
It wouldn't stand up to close scrutiny, but if even Danitz, who knew him, hadn't